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Iraq
Freed Guardian journalist wants to work on in Iraq
2005-10-21
Surprise, surprise! Figured out he was one of them! Caught via LGF
Guardian journalist Rory Carroll, freed on Thursday after 36 hours in the hands of Baghdad kidnappers, said he wanted to go on reporting on Iraq. "The next move is unclear but I would like to report on Iraq in the future," the 33-year-old correspondent for the London newspaper told Reuters by telephone shortly after his release.

He said he did not know who was responsible for snatching him on Wednesday; Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi was present when he was released after a day and a half in darkness. "I don't know who took me," Carroll said. "I was released about an hour ago. I'm fine. I was treated reasonably well," he added. "I spent the last 36 hours in the dark. I was released into the hands of Dr. Chalabi."
Another reason not to trust Chabbers.
The Guardian had claimed said Carroll, who has been in Baghdad since January, was allegedly seized as he left the home of a Shi'ite Muslim family who had suffered under Saddam Hussein and were watching the first day of his trial on television.
Posted by:Frank G

#3  Almost? He's helping a force get western troops killed.

A Dirt Nap would be justice.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2005-10-21 09:06  

#2  Seized outside a Shi'ite home and turned over to Chalabi, a Shi'ite Govt Weenie, this has the earmarks of a, duh, Shi'ite operation... was it to scare the little bugger - since he's an alG reporter and automatically a jihadi (read: Sunni) symp? Was it a payback hit, but someone talked the Shi'a group out of it?

This wasn't the usual jihadi "kill an infidel" grab or bogus "fund-raising" grab... these were Shi'a, not Sunnis. This is something new - and it sounds like "payback", Shi'a payback, fits the facts best.

Interesting. He's a moron and I almost wish they'd aced him and planted him in the desert, but it's still interesting.
Posted by: .com   2005-10-21 04:27  

#1  Anti-Americans released another Anti-American, or one that works for a gener anti-Amer org.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-10-21 02:04  

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